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Date:      Fri, 1 Aug 2008 09:51:49 -0500
From:      David Kelly <dkelly@hiwaay.net>
To:        David Gurvich <david.gurvich@verizon.net>
Cc:        FreeBSD-Questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: Find what options a precompiled package uses
Message-ID:  <20080801145149.GA19285@Grumpy.DynDNS.org>
In-Reply-To: <20080801103327.68e4db05@verizon.net>
References:  <20080801101549.54603d85@verizon.net> <20080801142515.GA19107@Grumpy.DynDNS.org> <20080801103327.68e4db05@verizon.net>

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On Fri, Aug 01, 2008 at 10:33:27AM -0400, David Gurvich wrote:
> I don't want to know what options are set for building a port.
> I want to know what options were used in a previously built port that
> is either available as a tar file or installed on a system, preferably
> checking the tar file for the options.

If you got the precomipled port from official sources then that which is
in /usr/ports *is* how it was optioned, with the possible exception of
the X stuff.

If someone else precompiled the port, then ask them.

-- 
David Kelly N4HHE, dkelly@HiWAAY.net
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Whom computers would destroy, they must first drive mad.



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